We are pleased to be able to announce the finalised programmes for this season's family concerts. As usual we have a mix of well-known and lesser-known classical music, but all will be delivered with the same level of fun and education for both children and adults.
Saturday November 15th 11am - Mini Last Night of the PromsChristopher Lynch – Narrator
Madalina Rusu – Piano
Hannah Kirk – Soprano
Guildford Symphony Orchestra
All the fun of the Last Night of the Proms - but in miniature - with a patriotic finale of Proms' favourites. The Man who Invented Music is a charming introduction to the instruments of the orchestra, with a programme that features Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain, Barber's Adagio and Rachmaninov 's dramatic 1st Piano Concerto.Carnival Overture- Dvorak
Adagio for Strings- Barber
Jewel Song- Gounod
Night on a Bare Mountain- Mussorgsky
Piano Concerto no.1 – 1st Movement- Rachmaninov
Symphony no. 5 – 1st Movement- Beethoven
The Man Who Invented Music- Gillis
Dambusters’ March- Coates
Rule Britannia- Arne
Land of Hope and Glory- Elgar
Saturday December 6th 11am - Christmas ConcertCroydon Symphony Orchestra
Ian le Grice – Organ
Young Soloist from the Yehudi Menuhin School
Narrator to be announced
A special musical version of Hans Christian Anderson's
Snow Queen is the highlight of this Christmas cracker of a concert which features seasonal favourites by Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov and Offenbach. Besides a lively
Sleigh Ride for Santa, a
Christmas Feather Dance and audience carols there is also a presentation by some outstanding young prodigies from the
Yehudi Menuhin School.
Christmas Eve Polonaise Rimsky-Korsakov
Introduction to the Fairfield Organ
Christmas Feather Dance- Plier
Folk Song Suite – Finale- Vaughan-Williams
Music with members of the Yehudi Menuhin School
Sleigh Ride- Prokofiev
Voices of Spring Waltzes- Strauss
The Snow Queen- Arr. Davison
Christmas Festival- Anderson
Can-Can- Offenbach
Saturday February 7th 11am - Toy StoriesEpsom Symphony Orchestra
Nerys Hughes - Narrator
Sally Pryce - Harp
Magical toys, spinning tops, beautiful dolls and a dramatic game of chess are all included in this lively concert of
Toy Stories. Tchaikovsky's
Nutcracker and Delibes
Coppelia are also featured in this programme in which you can try and discover the magic of the
Secret Toy Shop.
Coppelia- Delibes
Funeral Dance of a Marionette- Gounod
The Spinning Top- Bizet
Dolly Suite- Faure
Danse Profane- Debussy
Toy Symphony- Arnold
Toy Soldiers – Nutcracker- Tchaikovsky
The Secret Toy Shop- Richards
Checkmate- Bliss
Saturday March 14th 11am Magical Myths and LegendsNarrator David Leonard
Croydon Symphony Orchestra
Alex Frank-Gemmill
An exciting programme of magical myths and legends which culminates in the dramatic story of
The Firebird and music from the Oscar winning film trilogy -
Lord of the Rings. Other musical myths include Ravel's beautiful description of
Beauty and the Beast, Wagner's overture to the
Flying Dutchman and Saint-Saens riotous
Bacchanale.
The Flying Dutchman’s Ghost Ship- Wagner
Beauty and the Beast- Ravel
Faust and the Dance of the Sylphs- Berlioz
Samson and Delilah – The Feast of Bacchanale- Saint-Saens
Horn Concerto – Finale- Strauss
Baba Yaga and the Witch’s Cauldron- Liadov
Lord of the Rings- Shore
The Firebird- Stravinsky
Saturday April 25th 11am - Medieval MysteriesThe Little Symphony of London
Dragonsfire – Medieval Music Group
Narrator to be announced
Travel back in time to the Medieval era with the haunting story of the
Pied Piper of Hamelin and the
Dragonsfire Medieval Group who will be dressed in period costume. The concert also includes Handel's
Water Music, Pachelbel's
Canon, Warlock's
Sword Dance as well as music by Mozart and Schubert.
Water Music – Overture- Handel
Canon- Pachelbel
Symphony no. 40 – Allegro- Mozart
Dragonsfire Medieval Music Feast, The Death of Falstaff- Walton
Symphony no.5 – Finale- Schubert
The Pied Piper of Hamelin- Richards
Sword Dance- Warlock
What a great way to end the season! We had a fantastic concert with the Little Symphony of London, Dragonsfire, and Sam Davies to narrate our tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. To the right you can see a picture of the Dragonsfire group ( Nigel Perona-Wright, Hilary Perona-Wright, Jon Banks, and Jack Davies) performing on their period instruments.
As usual we had a number of great entries to our competitions. This time's winners were Eleanor Tsoukkas (aged 9 from Wimbledon Park) for the Quiz, Rebecca McCallum (aged 9 from Brighton) for the wordsearch, and Elaine Jones (aged 7 from Wallington) for the picture. You can see Elaine and Rebecca with our conductor Darrell Davison, Sam Davies, and Nigel Perona-Wright.
